New International Version (NIV)
26 As the soldiers led
him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from
the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind
Jesus. 27 A large
number of
people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for
him. 28 Jesus turned
and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not
weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your
children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed
are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts
that never nursed!’ 30 Then
“‘they will say to the
mountains, “Fall on us!”
and
to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a]
31 For if people do these things when the tree is
green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32 Two other men, both
criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.
33 When they came to the
place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the
criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.
34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are
doing.”[b] And they divided up his clothes
by casting lots.
35 The people stood
watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved
others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen
One.”
36 The soldiers also
came up and mocked him. They offered him wine
vinegar 37 and said,
“If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”
38 There was a written
notice above him, which read: this is the king of the
jews.
39 One of the criminals
who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save
yourself and us!”
40 But the other
criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are
under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what
our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
42 Then he said, “Jesus,
remember me when you come into your kingdom.[c]”
43 Jesus answered him,
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in
paradise.”
44 It was now about
noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the
afternoon, 45 for
the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in
two. 46 Jesus called
out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I
commit my spirit.”[d] When he had said this, he
breathed his last.
